The Black Saturday fires devastated Australia and shocked the world. Now, the Country Fire Authority of Victoria has become a leading example of the use of social media for emergency management, winning this year’s Australian eGovernment award.

Jessica Jackson and Michael Walter from the City of Houston’s Office of Emergency Management talk about the Southeast Texas Regional Technology Seminar & Fair, which has a focus on technology, best practices and regional collaboration in the area of emergency management and public safety.

Join us for a discussion with Julian Carver, a founding member of Open NZ – bringing citizens and government together around open data standards. Julian also talks about the two recent devastating quakes…

We talk with Bryan Sivak, new chief innovation officer for the State of Maryland, about innovating in government, and trying to keep a web-savvy citizenry up to speed during the recent DC-area earthquake…

Be A Hero: Richard Price, chief of the San Ramon Valley Fire Protection District, shares the latest on a new app that links trained volunteers with heart attack victims using GPS-enabled smart phones….

Join a fast-paced conversation about innovation in local government and emergency management with Govfresh founder Luke Fretwell, Manor, TX, CIO Dustin Haisler and Bob Greenberg of G&H International Services. We discuss the upcoming…